Given the Lions are already short a sixth-round pick, trading down for any extra draft ammo at all would be a boon.

But in a draft with a big bubble of talent at the end of the first round and beginning of the second, the challenge won’t be deciding whether to trade out of a pick, but rather finding a trade partner.

Here are three situations that could give Detroit the bait it’ll need to dangle to the teams beneath it.

Literally any quarterback falls

Maybe Lamar Jackson isn’t really a late climber up draft boards, and quarterback-hungry teams like the Los Angeles Chargers leave him on the board.

Perhaps Jim Mora’s quotes about Josh Rosen’s lack of focus and commitment are enough to turn off enough potential suitors that he’s still there when the Lions go on the clock.

Aaron Rodgers once fell from a potential No. 1 overall pick all the way into the 20s; maybe a similar lack of any one elite trait prevents any one team from falling in love with Sam Darnold and he similarly plummets.

Whichever of the top-five prospects falls, it is doesn’t matter. If one is on the board when the Lions are looking for trade partners, they might have to pick up or risk losing the last immediate starter in the draft to the Cincinnati Bengals at No. 21.

Of course, defensive line is a huge perceived need for the Lions, too—but if they aren’t as high on, say, Taven Bryan as some think, and he’s the only option at the spot, they may be better served by going a different direction with the first pick and targeting Day 2 D-linemen.